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Pendeen560 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

20 minutes' walk or 20 minutes' walking

Hi all,

Just checking on a grammar point ... Emotion: smile

Are both sentences correct?

If I leave my house at 08:40 and walk to the centre, I get there at 9 o'clock.

1. So it's twenty minutes' walk from my house to the centre

2 So it's twenty minutes' walking from my house to the centre.

Thanks,

Dave
  

Top answer

I consider both correct but walking is rarely used in this context. There is some disagreement with regard to the correct expressions: It's a 20-minute walk. It's 20 minutes' walk.

— Cool Breeze

  • I consider both correct but walking is rarely used in this context.
  • There is some disagreement with regard to the correct expressions: It's a 20-minute walk.
  • It's 20 minutes' walk.
  • It's a 20 minutes' walk.
  • (Not accepted by all because of the genitive (minutes') between the article (a) and the noun it modifies (walk).
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I consider both correct but walking is rarely used in this context. There is some disagreement with regard to the correct expressions:

It's a 20-minute walk.
It's 20 minutes' walk.
It's a 20 minutes' walk. (Not accepted by all because of the genitive (minutes') between the article (a) and the noun it modifies (walk).
It's a walk of 20 minutes.
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Cool BreezeIt's a 20-minute walk.
The more natural by far.
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